mackzoore sb
(Santa Barbara - United States)I currently teach middle school science and math at the Laguna Blanca school in scenic Santa Barbara. I previously taught at the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, where I developed curriculum and taught physics, conceptual physics and earth ...
Earth Systems Science Curriculum
Description:The Earth is a dynamic system, constantly changing through a multitude of systems; the geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric and biologic systems are all integral to one another. Despite the fact that we inhabit this blue planet many of us are unaware of how even the simplest of systems work between one another and how even a small perturbation in one system can ripple through them all. The curriculum that follows will outline the systems of the earth and draw upon their interconnectedness to bring about a new found understanding of our environment and the critical modern day issues we are facing now and in the future. Through a multitude of hands-on and investigative lessons and activities this series will help students take their prior knowledge and combine it with new understandings and conflicts to ultimately apply the information gained in the local communities for a culminating environmental action project. This curriculum is meant for students who have already progressed through some earth science classes. There are many lessons within the collection that can be pulled out and used separately from the curriculum as a whole. The 5th Unit covers many topics addressed in a book called The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity, by James Lovelock, 160 pages with glossary. I recommend this as a reading for the semester, especially during Unit 5 though it is not a requirement to follow the science or the lessons. The Revenge of Gaia, James Lovelock, 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-04168-8 ISBN-10: 0-465-04168-X British ISBNs: 978-0-713-99914-3; 0-713-99914-4
Last Updated:Oct-20-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
- 6th
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- Curriculum: Full Course
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- Contributed By: Kim Handle
Table of Contents
Description:Table of Contents
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
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- Other
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Unit 1: Our Physical Earth Lesson 1: Clumping from Chaos Lesson 2: Innies and Outies Lesson 3: Scale Solar System Lesson 4: Eccentricity, Obliquity and Wobble Lesson 5: Earth as an Egg Lesson 6: Shifting Sheets
Unit 2: Weather and Water Lesson 1 : Weather or Not Lesson 2: Cloud Case Lesson 3: Dense Deep Water Lesson 4: Widdling Water Lesson 5: Erosion Food Lesson 6: El Nino Lesson 7: Amazing Albedo Lesson 8: Daisy World
Unit 3: Earth's Atmosphere Lesson 1: Earth's Got Gas Lesson 2: Electromagnetic Radiation Lesson 3: Gases Gone By Lesson 4: Greenhouse Effect Lesson 5: There's a Hole in the Sky! Lesson 6: Carbon Cycle Lesson 7: Carbon Sequestering
Unit 4: Life on Earth: Past and Present Lesson 1: Geologic Time Scale Lesson 2: Unstable Dating Lesson 3: The Half-life of Popcorn Lesson 4: Funky Fossil Lesson 5: Tricky Traces Lesson 6: Permian Pandemonium
Unit 5: Forecasting the Future Lesson 1: What is Gaia? Lesson 2: State of the Earth Lesson 3: Sources of Energy Lesson 4: Chemicals, Food and Raw Materials Lesson 5: Technology for a Sustainable Retreat Lesson 6: A Personal View on Environmentalism Lesson 7: Beyond the Terminus
L.I.N.K.
Description:Substitute activity for KWL where students work in smaller groups and post words on the introductory topic or unit.
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Education
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
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- Activity: Exercise
Unit 1: Our Physical Earth
Description:An brief introduction to so of the Earth's dynamic geophysical processes.
Last Updated:Sep-11-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
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Unit 2: Weather and Water
Description:This unit offers lessons on weather, climate, deep ocean circulation and the role of water in erosion.
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
- 6th
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- Curriculum: Unit
Unit 3: Earth's Atmosphere
Description:A brief overview of the Earth's current atmosphere, theories of past atmospheric compositions and an introduction to anthropogenic impacts on the atmosphere today.
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
- 6th
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- Curriculum: Unit
Unit 4: Life on Earth: Past and Present
Description:An introduction to ideas of the beginnings of life, evolution and mass extinctions.
Last Updated:Jun-26-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
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- Curriculum: Unit
Unit 5: Forecasting the Future
Description:This final unit will address issues of the environment on a small town scale to national and worldwide dilemmas. Students will be asked to draw upon the content learned in the previous four units and build on it through a series or research projects.
Last Updated:Jun-26-2009
Subject(s):- Science
- Earth Science
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- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- middle
- 6th
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- tween
- high
- 9th
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- Curriculum: Unit

